Dave wrote:
Here's some recommended reading (note particularly that it's about South
Africa).

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4264374.stm


Great, now you're citing such seriously left-wing biased
"news" sources like the BBC.


katy wrote:
I am not disputing that DDT would be eddicacious used in households

Actually, if the article Dave points to above is right, it's
pretty impressive.

However, I noticed that other effects from the DDT spraying
aren't mentioned. Gee, that must because there aren't any!


however, like I said, who is going to regulate that in countries where
regulations are set by blackmailers, terrorists, and military
governments? If the UN would step in and do what it is supposed to do,
that would be one way. Are they involved? They should be.

Frankly, I wouldn't trust the UN with DDT.


... If DDT is
rteleased to the masses, Africa will suffer the same problems with it as
what happened here. Only through careful control and regulation should
it be used and all efforts should be made to use alternate, more safe
methods.


"Regulation" isn't the answer. The problem with DDT is that
it last just about forever, and it ends up in places where
you don't want it. Remember, water runs downhill... and if
it's carrying even just a few molecules of DDT then
something in the ecological chain is going to die out. The
*very* careful spraying on indoor surfaces seems like one
way to keep the environmental impact to a minimum, but I
would expect that if this program goes on for very long,
then we'll see repercussions... and of course, officials
saying "Gee, we tried to prevent this, we didn't know how
bad it was."

DSK